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Macomb Community College Innovation Fund announces $275,000 in inaugural awards to five Detroit-area technology-focused startups
The Innovation Fund is a $2.7 million effort to stimulate economic development and job growth among promising Detroit-area entrepreneurs and next-stage businesses with high growth potential. Awards of $25,000 will be distributed to start-up businesses to assist with market introduction
Duke’s MURDOCK Study offers $100K in seed funding to scientists at NC Research Campus
Duke University’s MURDOCK Study will invest up to $100,000 in the coming year to fund scientific discoveries at the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis. The MURDOCK Study-NCRC Seed Funding Voucher Program will provide up to 10 vouchers worth $10,000
U Illinois Announces Newest Round of POC Recipients, 7 Awards
The Office of Technology Management (OTM) is proud to announce the 2015 awardees of the Illinois Proof-of-Concept Funding Program (I-POC). I-POC funds development projects that will help demonstrate an innovation’s viability to potential investors and partners. 2015 I-POC Award Recipients:
Zells donate $60 million to University of Michigan, support funds
The University of Michigan’s business school is set to receive $60 million from the Zell Family Foundation, which has now donated more than $150 million to the university over the years. The money will go to extend programs at the
University of Chicago Innovation Fund Awards $150,000 to Therapeutic Human Exosome Project for Multiple Sclerosis & Migraine; Two Other Projects Also Receive Significant Funding
On July 7, 2015, it was announced that three teams from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory are one step closer on the journey to commercializing their innovative discoveries and technology. They have each been selected to receive
U Texas/Sanofi Partnership Illustrates Biomedical Research Turning More to Private Funds
The pharmaceutical company Sanofi will fund up to $2.4 million a year in biomedical research at the University of Texas System under a deal announced Thursday, the latest in a trend toward more research funding from private industry as government
University of Michigan’s Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund Invests in Reveal Design Automation
The Zell Lurie Commercialization Fund, in collaboration with the Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies at the University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business, today announced that it has invested in Reveal Design Automation,
TEDCO program lets startups borrow veteran executives – Baltimore Sun
Plenty of small businesses seek out bank loans. But now Maryland startups can borrow an executive. A new program is lending young companies some human capital to help advance their businesses. The Maryland Technology Development Corp., better known as TEDCO,
Valley of death looms for Australian ideas
When Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis pounced on Australian biotech Spinifex Pharma for $US700 million ($915.69 million) this week, one fact stood out: without federal government funding, this Australian pain therapy innovator may never have made it out of the lab.
Oregon BEST Funds New Polymer Aimed at Ag’s Water Woes
As the California drought drags on and moves north in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon BEST is helping fund research for a Portland startup that has developed a biodegradable superabsorbent polymer (SAP) for agricultural applications that can soak up 300 times